ON 23 SEPTEMBER IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on September 23, 2019
1762 : A British flotilla lands in Manila Bay, marking the beginning of the British invasion of the Philippines
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/637/today-in-philippine-history-september-23-1762-the-british-flotilla-landed-in-manila
http://fr.slideshare.net/praejames245/chapter-12-the-british-invasion
1906: Dutch advance on Tabanan, Bali. Raja of Tabanan offers to surrender on condition that he be allowed to retain his title and lands. The Dutch resident takes the Raja into custody where he will commit suicide
1914: Birth of Omar Ali Saifuddin III, 28th Sultan of Brunei (1950-1986) who died on September 7, 1986
http://4voicesgirls.blogspot.fr/2009/05/sultan-omar-ali-saifuddien-3.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Ali_Saifuddien_III
1944: The Proclamation No. 30 declares the existence of a state of war between the Philippines (Under Japanese control) and the United States and the United Kingdom
1954: Bao Dai sends a telegram inviting Diem to resign the office of Prime Minister of Vietnam. Diem refuses, announcing that he is reorganizing his government with participation of the religious sects (Hoa Hao and Cao Dai)
2000: Aung San Suu Kyi is again put under house of arrest
2008: Myanmar’s longest-serving political prisoner Win Tin is released after the government announced an amnesty that saw more than 9,000 inmates freed
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/09/20089239516445256.html
2010: Sam Rainsy, leader of opposition to Hun Sen, is sentenced to 10 years in prison while in voluntary exile in France. According to the opposition party the sentence is seen as a way to eliminate opposition
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Sam-Rainsy,-leader-of-opposition-to-Hun-Sen,-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison-19531.html